Study Shows Cell Phone Use Poses Danger to Fetuses

[BadBoy]

I'm too new to post a link but go to nature.com where the original paper is available in full and check out the several very critical comments. Or google Aldid "Scientific Reports" and it'll be the first listing. Aldid is the first author.

theres nothing in the comments section. Mind posting them?

 

[Mojo]

We'd better get rid of radio entirely.

No, fully screening higher energy radiation sources needs to be the priority. We could start with light bulbs.

 

[I Ratant]

It was nice that her fetus was willing to lend her a cell phone.

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On "Absolutely Fabulous", Edwina lent Pats her cellphone... set on vibrate..
And later asked Pats if there had been any calls.
Pats gets this ****-eating grin... and says "Yes".

 

[Professor Yaffle]

theres nothing in the comments section. Mind posting them?

Go to the bottom of the article, under the acknowledgements and author info.

 

[sophia8]

Here's the study.
They used just 33 mice, with a control group of 42. Those numbers just aren't enough to prove anything; and there's some well-informed criticism of the study methods in the comments.

 

[TjW]

You know, for some reason this reminded me of the opening of the movie Machete...

The hero is a cop who is rescuing a woman who has been kidnapped. After breaking into the bad-guy's hideout (and decapitating multiple people) he finds her laying naked on a bed. He carries her out, only to find out it was all a trap. The woman pulls out a cell phone (3 guesses from where... and remember, she was naked) and calls in more evil henchmen.

Now, here I thought this was just a bit of harmless entertainment... little did I know there were people using it as the basis of a scientific study.

Wasn't her foetus upset that mom used his phone without asking permission?
Razzen frazzen. Madalch got there first.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

The claim that maybe stood up was, as you say, not clear which variable was involved. That's not the same as saying "the original non-ionizing claim associated with power lines about childhood leukaemia stood up".

The original claim was by an epidemiologist, I forget her name, that there was a corrolation between leukemia and power lines. Now, the original study was done with either no funding, or very little, by a lone researcher guestimating the distance between power lines and the homes one kids with leukemia. All the usual things about clusters of cancer cases and texas sharp shooters apply. Somehow the researcher lucked out though and 40 odd years on there is still something borderline worth talking about.

The original claim then got blown out of all porportion by journalists, fringe scientists and people with "alternative" beliefs.

What I was trying to emphasize was the fact the association was re: power lines, not non-ionizing radiation. I know you get it, but I thought that was worth clarifying.

 

[shuttlt]

What I was trying to emphasize was the fact the association was re: power lines, not non-ionizing radiation. I know you get it, but I thought that was worth clarifying.

Oh, well in that case, I agree.

 

[Soapy Sam]

I think the tests involved putting phones on the cage of pregnant mice, and then monitoring the children (without the phones).

Seems mice that were exposed to cell phone radiation in the womb appear to have been affected.

The point he makes about the location of your phone is I think meaning dont keep the phone in a pocket that is on your belly. I tend to sit on the train listening to music with my cell in my hand resting on my lap right next to my nuts. I have an irrational fear of doing it and usually move my hpone into a breast pocket.

Has anyone considered that what damaged the mice may not be the radio waves, but the torrent of repetitive, boring and mindless crud that passes for most cellphone conversation?